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Higgins ‘should inspire fear’- Hendry
- Updated: April 19, 2016
Higgins enjoyed his biggest win at The Crucible since 2007 by beating Ryan Day 10-3
Seven-time time world champion Stephen Hendry believes the game’s top players should fear fellow Scot John Higgins now he is back to close to his best.
Higgins, 40, will meet world number nine Ricky Walden in the second round of the World Championship.
He sealed a 10-3 win over Ryan Day with his fourth century of the match, a 121.
“John is definitely back to somewhere near his best. He is scoring very heavily which is a massive advantage,” Hendry told BBC Sport.
“I don’t think he is quite at his best, but if he can maybe cut out those small, unforced errors if he comes up against the top players like Neil Robertson, Ronnie O’Sullivan or Judd Trump, they should fear him if he is at the top of his game.
“No-one knows his way round the table here better than John Higgins.”
Higgins has not made it past the second round at the Crucible since the last of his four titles in 2011, losing to …
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